Date: March 8th, 2010
Article by: Nathan Glentworth (Owner / Head Editor)
Product was submitted by: Samsung Canada
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SAMSUNG PN58B650 58 INCH PLASMA TV INTRODUCTION
Just to be clear, the Samsung PN58B650 Plasma is a VERY LARGE TV and thus, you should prepare yourself for the following. You will need a large TV stand to park this livingroom behemoth. You will need manly men to lift it into place. You will need to set money aside for increased power consumption. And last of all, you will have to get some beer and junk food and prepare thyself for an epic viewing experience.
Through testing the more expensive Samsung PN58B850 (reviewed HERE) a short while ago, I fell in love with the smooth video playback, great black-levels, fantastic color reproduction and lower quality signal upscaling. The only thing holding it back was its price seeing it was one of the thinnest profile plasma TVs on the market. what the PN58B650 does is not worry about the thinner profile, gives you everything else and slashes US$500+ off of the pricetag. Sound like a good deal?
So my job here is to test this lower cost 650 series version of Samsung's Plasma line against the 850 series it replaced and see if I will be missing anything other than bragging about its profile.
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Head Office Corporate Information
Samsung delivers management reform through New Management to maintain high international competitiveness. SAMSUNG is dedicated to contributing to mankind's quality of life. The year 2000 will be declared as the First year of Samsung Digital Management to speed up the digitization of all areas of management with an ultimate objective to become a leader in the digital age of the 21st century. Samsung has continuously improved its financial structure by increasing profits, reducing costs, and enhancing brand image. SAMSUNG's stability and development potential are universally recognized.
Canadian Corporate Information
After only a decade of growth since first entering the Canadian market in 1987, Samsung Canada, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, has emerged as the market leader. We are growing in Canada by about 20% per year and continue to build a strong presence in every market we enter. Operating as part of Samsung's Americas group, our Canadian operations gain considerable competitive advantage from Samsung's local Americas R&D, manufacturing, and technical support. Samsung Electronics in Canada focuses on consumer electronics and information systems products. Consumer electronics began in Canada in 1987, followed by IS in 1992. The information sales division has grown 61% since 1992. Samsung has introduced a wide range of IS products into the Canadian market, which include hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, printers, fax machines and monitors enforcing its leading market position and fast year-over-year growth with a strong local presence and reseller network to serve Canadian consumers from coast to coast. Samsung is building a strong presence in Canada as it has all over the world.
